Improvement in horseshoes



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Patented May 5,1874.

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UNITED STATES PATENT JOHN KIERNAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSESHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,583, dated May 5,187-1; application filed February 20, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KIERNAN, of St. Louis, in the county of St.Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a certain Improved Horseshoe,of which the following is a specification:

This invention consists in forming the main body of the shoe with acontinuous calk, the outer side of which is convex, and at its innerside vertical to the body of the shoe, which body tapers from the call:inwardly. The said continuous calk is without lateral projections at therear, and at the toe it is extended forward in the form of a fiattoe-piece to the extreme forward edge or toe of the shoe.

Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of the under side of hind andfront shoes, respectively. Figs. 3 and 4 are, respectively, transversesections of the same.

.A is the main body of the shoe, having its inner side a flaring fromthe top outwardly. B is the continuous calk, forming part of the Theouter side I) of the calk is convex, and its inner side b is madeVertical, and extends up to meet the lower edge of the inclined orflaring edge a of the shoe. The rear ends 0 C of the continuous calk Bare rounded otf, as shown, and the calk at the front of the shoe isenlarged to form a broad toe-piece, D. The call; B is placed somedistance in from the outer edge of the shoe A, to allow the formation ofnail'holes e in the outer part or flange E of the shoe. The nail-ho1es eare countersunk from the outer and side edges, leaving the inner sidevertical. (See Figs. 3 and 4.)

The advantages possessed by my improved shoe are, that they give anequal bearing to the horses foot, and protect and support aconcave orpumaced hoof also, great durability is given to the shoe by the largetoe-piece, which prevents the wear of the sharp calk, and which alsoprevents the animal from knuckling. The continuous calk is so situatedas to protect the wall of the horses foot while travelingover any kindof ground, and the bearing being on the outside of each quarter it willtend to expand contracted hoofs; it also protects the frog by allowingit free expan- S1011.

For winter use the toe-piece I) would be beveled at the front and rearside, so as to form a sufficiently-sharp calk to prevent slipping, butyet have enough width of metal to resist wear.

I claim as my invention- The horseshoe constructed as herein described,with a flat toe-piece, D, extendin g to JOHN KIERNAN.

Witnesses SAML. KNIGHT, RoBERT BURNS.

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